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Chester Hamilton Burgess with Unidentified Soldier

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Description: Quarter plate ferrotype/tintype. Full-length portrait of Chester Hamilton Burgess standing with an unidentified soldier. Both men are wearing Civil War uni...
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Unidentified Family

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of a painting of a family with a woman on the left, a man standing in the center, and two young children. The backdrop is a pine ...
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Reverend Jason Lothrop

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Description: Half plate ambrotype of Reverend Jason Lothrop of Kenosha, Wisconsin. Waist-up portrait facing front, torso slightly to left. He is wearing a suit and stan...
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Burrows Family

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Description: Half plate daguerreotype of the Burrows siblings, children of Reverend Baxter Burrows and Lydia Boynton Burrows of Montpelier, Vermont. Left to right: Flor...
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William D. Ash and Family

Date: 1861
Description: Half plate ambrotype of William D. Ash and his family. Left to right: 1. Helen Mar, later Mrs. E.P. Lamb in Roberts, Wis. 2. William H. Ash, later of Rober...
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Granville Johnson

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Granville Johnson, who fought and died in the Civil War. Waist-up portrait facing forward.
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Ancil Rich and Lamont Brooks Rich

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Description: Quarter plate ferrotype/tintype of Ancil Rich and his nephew Lamont Brooks Rich. Full-length standing portrait, posed with farming tools. Ancil is holding ...
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Ansom Case, Mary, and Leroy

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Description: Sixth plate ambrotype of Ansom, Mary, and Leroy Case. Waist-up portrait, seated, facing forward. Mary is wearing lace fingerless gloves, and a dress with g...
Painting

William Henry Mylrea

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Description: Cased miniature painting on ivory of William Henry Mylrea. Quarter length portrait, he is facing forward, wearing a suit and purple tie, and eyeglasses.
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Captain H.A. Meyer

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Description: Ninth plate daguerreotype of Captain H.A. Meyer. Quarter-length portrait, facing forward. He is wearing a suit and tie with collar folded down. Captain Mey...
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Unidentified Man and Woman

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of a waist-up portrait of an unidentified man and woman. They are seated, facing forward, with their hands in their laps. He ...
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Captain Nathaniel Rollins

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Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of Captain Nathaniel Rollins (1832-1901). Half length portrait, standing, facing forward with left hand on hip and right restin...
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Captain Nathaniel Rollins

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Captain Nathaniel Rollins (1832-1901). Waist-up portrait, seated, facing forward. He is wearing his Civil War greatcoat. H...
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Group Portrait of Men and Women on Balcony

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Description: Half plate daguerreotype of fourteen people, seven men and seven women, posing behind a balcony balustrade, with a paisley-bordered blanket or shawl draped...
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Unidentified Man and Woman

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of an unidentified man and woman. Waist-up portrait, facing forward. The woman is wearing a dark dress of fine fabric, watch key ...
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Unidentified Man and Woman

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of an unidentified couple. Waist-up portrait, facing forward. The woman is wearing a dark dress of fine fabric, watch key chain, ...
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Doctor John M. Henderson

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Description: Sixth plate ambrotype. Waist-up portrait of Doctor John M. Henderson, seated, facing forward with torso turned slightly left. He is wearing a suit and tie,...
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Phillip Greenthal

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Phillip Greenthal. Waist-up portrait, seated, facing forward, in a white shirt, short tie, and cap. He is wearing a strap ...
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George Searles and George Olmstead

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Description: Sixth plate ambrotype. Three-quarter length portrait of George Searles and George Olmstead (r.), standing, facing forward, with their hands holding their l...
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Three Woodland Indian Men

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of three Woodland Native Americans. Full-length group portrait in front of a painted classical garden studio backdrop. They a...

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